Jordão Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Jordão, Acre, Brazil
Qibla Details for Jordão
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Jordão?
The Qibla direction from Jordão, Acre, Brazil is 70.5° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Jordão should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Jordão from Mecca?
The distance from Jordão to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,623 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Jordão?
Use our free Qibla compass above. For the most accurate direction, click "Use My Exact Location" to enable GPS. On mobile devices, you can also enable the live compass feature which rotates in real-time as you move your phone.
How accurate is this Qibla direction?
Our Qibla calculation uses the great-circle bearing formula which provides 99.9% accuracy. The calculation accounts for Earth's curvature, ensuring precision regardless of distance. For your exact location within Jordão, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Jordão?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Jordão is 70.5° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 74.5°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 70.5°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in Jordão
The Qibla direction from Jordão, Acre, Brazil is 70.5° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,623 km (7,844 miles) away. Geographically, Jordão sits to the west of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east-northeast.
The Qibla (قِبْلَة) is the direction that Muslims face when performing their daily prayers (Salah). All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba, located in Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, during prayer. From Jordão, this means facing east-northeast (70.5°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Jordão
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (70.5°), the geometrically shortest path to Mecca across the curved surface of the Earth — the method accepted by most scholars. If you instead follow a single fixed compass heading (the rhumb-line bearing), it would be about 74.5° from Jordão. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 70.5°.
Using a compass in Jordão
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Jordão. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 70.5° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.